Common Purpose

Daniel Stid at The Art of Association: We need some hope and a sense of how we might regain our footing as citizens to renew the world’s oldest democracy.   We can find them in a recent report from the American Academy of Arts and Science’s Commission on...

Character Education

Peter Wehner: Our schools are but one institution of many that are tasked with shaping the moral lives of the young. The philosopher Martin Buber, while cautioning not to overestimate what the educator can do to develop character, wrote, “Education worthy of its name...